Do you know alot about Buddhism and its texts/literature?

Question

Hello, I have some questions I would like to ask to someone knowledgable about Buddhism,

and also some questions for a Buddhism originally from India.

If you would not mind me asking you questions please could you contact me via my profile on this thing.



anyway, Is the Tipitaka the first text ever written after the Buddha's death? and how many years after his death was it written?

please do not refer me to wikipedia because I need reliable sources.

Answer 1

It is the oldest existing body of Buddhist literature. It was preserved as an oral tradition.Most of the discourses within it, whether in prose or verse, are attributed to the Buddha himself while a lesser number are attributed to his direct disciples. The (modern) Tipitaka was finally written down in about 100 B.C. in Sri Lanka. (Siddhartha Guatama, 490-410 BCE).
http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/history/s_collect.htm
http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/dharmadata/fdd14.htm
http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/history/s_theracanon.htm
http://www.buddhanet.net/ans67.htm
<<< hope you can find your answers here.

Answer 2

If you need reliable sources, why the hell are you asking here? Seriously, this is an entertainment forum, not a research tool. What you get here are the opinions of all sorts of people, not verified facts. You may be lucky and get an answer from an expert, but it will be buried amongst all sorts of wacko crap!
I love Y!A, it's great fun, but don't trust it as a source of information!

Google it instead!

Answer 3

I think I'd rely on Wikipedia before anything posted here!

Answer 4

Wikipedia can be surprisingly reliable!

try this site though:

http://www.buddhanet.net/

Answer 5

I know enough to know I do not know enough. Been living it for many life times.